These stimuli are taken from a study by Demorest, Morrison, Beken & Jungbluth (2008) on cross-cultural memory performance. There is one sample file from each culture (Chinese, Turkish, Western) along with the two targets and two foils that were used in the subsequent memory task. For the study, musically trained and untrained subjects from the United States and Turkey listened to three longer excerpts per culture followed by a 12-item memory test. Western & Turkish music served as home cultures, while Chinese music served as the "other" culture for both groups. All participants were significantly better at remembering novel music from their native culture and there were no performance differences based on musical expertise.

Demorest, S.M.,Morrison,S.J.,Beken,M.N.,& Jungbluth,D.(2008).Lost in translation: an enculturation effect in music memory performance. Music Perception, 25, 213_223

Cross- cultural perception of emotion.

The following stimuli were used in the Balkwill, Thompson & Matsunaga (2004). study of cross-cultural emotion perception. Japanese listeners rated the expression of joy, anger and sadness in Japanese, Western, and Hindustani music. Excerpts were also rated for tempo, loudness, and complexity. Listeners were sensitive to the intended emotion in music from all three cultures, and judgments of emotion were related to judgments of acoustic cues.